Sentences with phrase «world war picture»

It is that rare beast: a second world war picture that came out in the middle of the war, when the outcome of the war in Europe was far from clear.

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In June, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne readied skeptical Britons for the deepest hack to public spending since the Second World War by painting an almost utopian picture of the Canadian experience.

Both were health care giants with proud histories — Squibb had supplied medications to the Union Army during the Civil War and marketed the first electric toothbrush; Bristol - Myers provided penicillin to U.S. forces during World War II and briefly ran Palomar Pictures, the studio responsible for The Stepford Wives.

The latest situation involves The Promise, an upcoming film (pictured above) about the Armenian genocide in World War I starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac.

In the Best Picture race, the biggest hits were the World War II flick «Dunkirk,» which last year grossed around $ 188 million in U.S.ticket sales, good for 14th place on the box office charts, and Jordan Peele's horror film «Get Out,» which tucked in just below «Dunkirk» with $ 176 million in domestic sales.

If the first Christians pictured themselves as waging war against the world, the martyrs were their version of the Navy SEALs.

If we fail to acknowledge the infamy of the Hitler - Stalin pact, which consigned these countries to the meat - grinder, and fail to note that most of the casualties and destruction of World War II involved these countries» peoples and their territories, then our picture of the Soviet Union is incomplete — and so is our understanding of what happened in 1989 — 91.

Remember, the U.S. went through World War 2 (and won) and then again with the Cold War (stalemate), and each time propaganda came into the picture to try and change our views.

And our friend Bob Cheeks might add that even country sort depends on the South having been reduced to a kind of third - world country by the big war...» Here's what that little comment elicited, resulting in something of a preliminary version of my songbook's Big Picture on popular music.

With regard to war, two factors prevented international conflict from being specifically dealt with in the New Testament as a pressing problem: the apocalyptic expectation of the world's immediate end, so that the gradual reform of social institutions was not in the picture, and the further fact that the first Christians had no responsibility for governmental policies or influence in determining them.

We have all seen pictures taken in the World War, a man with helmet and gas mask, half erect and charging with fixed bayonet — the image of God?

Watching a World War Two battle re-enactment of soldiers running across muddy wasteland and tanks firing in to the night sky, paints a much clearer picture than anything you can read from an exercise book.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

The 1957 British - American World War II epic directed by David Lean won seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture).

Seventy years on, our national fixation with D - Day is making us forget the bigger picture of the Second World War.

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One of the problems «World War Z» has faced all along is that it looks like a high - concept zombie - apocalypse movie (adapted from Max Brooks» novel, told as a series of first - person accounts) but it's really something we don't see that often these days, an old - fashioned Hollywood star picture.

With past Oscar nominees such as Elizabeth, The Queen, The Young Victoria and 2010's best - picture winner The King's Speech, the British have monopolized the royal biopic the way Americans have colonized the Second World War movie.

With stunning performances from its cast, the film occur during the First World War, and it shows us the chaos, and considering the fact that this was made in 1930, it's an impressive feat in filmmaking, as what we have here is a picture that captures the fear and agony of combat, and it's a well made movie for its time, and it still looks great after all these years.

The difference between Ryan and Vietnam pictures like Jacket or Platoon is largely that, while the Vietnam War is generally acknowledged to have been a botched job, it's far harder to dismiss World War II as military folly.

[PICTURED] Writer - director David Ayer returns to World War II with this story of a tank crew on one final mission during the final days of the wWar II with this story of a tank crew on one final mission during the final days of the warwar.

20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures have released a fun spin on the trailer for The Monuments Men by doing it in the style of a World War II newsreel.

Paramount Pictures presented its slate of upcoming movies at CinemaCon, including World War Z 2, Coming 2 America, Dungeons and Dragons and more.

World War II movies are still a reliable genre — two of the nine best picture nominees of 2017 were set during that wartime — but the Great War, «Wonder Woman» aside, rarely gets much love.

Other film front - runners include the coming - of - age story «Boyhood» and World War II code - cracking drama «The Imitation Game,» which have five nominations each, including best picture (drama).

International Showcase: The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn — Denmark / Norway / UK (Drafthouse Films) Black Out, Eva Weber — UK — NORTH AMERCAN PREMIERE Boxing Day, Bernard Rose — UK Dormant Beauty, Marco Bellocchio — Italy Drug War, Johnnie To — China Ernest & Celestine, Stéphanie Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner — France (Gkids) The Expedition to the End of the World, Daniel Dancik — Denmark The Fifth Season, Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth — Belgium / Netherlands / France House with a Turret, Eva Meymann — Ukraine The Moo Man, Andy Heathcote, Heike Bachelier — UK Nobodyʼs Daughter Haewon, Hong Sang - soo — Korea — NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE The Patience Stone, Atiq Rahimi — Afghanistan / France / Germany / UK (Sony Pictures Classics) Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour — Saudi Arabia / United Arab Emirates / Germany (Sony Pictures Classics) When I Saw You, Annemarie Jacir — Palestine / Jordan / Greece / United Arab Emirates / USA The Women and the Passenger, Valentina Mac - Pherson, Patricia Correra — Chile — US PREMIERE

The World War I drama Wings, which would become the first winner of the Best Picture Oscar, is clearly cut from the same cloth and not quite as effectively.

In the midst of a Pitt profile with the LA Times, a little nugget of info was dropped revealing, «Forster and Paramount Pictures each view «World War Z» as a trilogy that would have the grounded, gun - metal realism of, say, Damon's Jason Bourne series tethered to the unsettling end - times vibe of AMC «s «The Walking Dead.»»

Christopher Nolan's epic World War II blockbuster Dunkirk received 7 nominations, including Best Picture and Nolan as Best Director.

Taking the Best Picture prize was Dunkirk, writer - director Christopher Nolan's epic depiction of the evacuation of Dunkirk during World War II.

Movies that it beat that you could also watch: This was the year where Best Picture included three World War II movies and two Elizabethan ones.

Viacom Inc.'s fiscal third - quarter profit soared 20 %, boosted by ratings improvement at the company's TV networks and two gigantic films from Paramount Pictures: «Star Trek Into Darkness» and «World War Z» with Brad Pitt.

No doubt: The World War II movie that hit big at the summer box office garnered eight nominations, including the first directing nod for Thomas» husband, Christopher Nolan, and a best picture nomination for both of them.

Yet the latter World War Two - set picture is a languid work lacking narrative focus.

The march was cannily timed to precede the world premiere of «Girls of the Sun» («Les Filles du Soleil»), a war drama from the French writer - director Eva Husson, and the first of three pictures directed by a woman to screen in this year's 21 - title competition.

The set features eight films all together, including two of his early British thrillers (the classic Sabotage with Sylvia Sidney and lighter and lesser Young and Innocent), his World War II drama Lifeboat and all four films made for David Selznick: the Gothic classic Rebecca (Hitchcock's only film to win an Oscar for Best Picture), the Gregory Peck films Spellbound and The Paradine Case, and the romantic masterpiece Notorious.

There's Fritz (Timothy Olyphant), who starts the picture at the wake by banging the only 19 - year - old caterer in the world familiar with «Laugh In»; fat Sam (Kevin Smith), who references Star Wars and is a giant goofball (double natch); and nebbish Dennis (Sam Jaeger), who harbours a secret crush on Gray but, hey, so does everybody, since Gray has fairies and butterflies flying out of her vagina.

Universal Pictures released the first official trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom today, and the trailer (above) is expected to screen ahead of Rian Johnson's Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi as well as potentially other major films releasing during the holiday season, such as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Universal's own production, Pitch Perfect 3.

In broad outline, it's a remake of a 1948 Fred Zinnemann picture (which I haven't seen), starring Montgomery Clift; the action has been shifted from World War II to the outset of the Second Chechen War in 1999, and Clift's character is now a female European Union delegate, Carole, played by Hazanavicius» wife, Bérénice Bejo.

But there's also a case to be made for three of the other contenders: Van Hoytema's innovative IMAX work for Christopher Nolan's World War II survival epic, Lausten's sublime imagery for Guillermo del Toro's Best Picture favorite, and Morrison's poetic work for Dee Rees» «Mudbound.»

On top of that, leaked pictures also showed that a World War II era scene was being shot, which adds more fuel to the fire.

A World War II picture with a title like The Great Raid might conjure up images of gung - ho war classics like The Great Escape, Hell and High Water, Merrill's Marauders, They Were Expendable, The Dirty Dozen, or The Guns of NavaroWar II picture with a title like The Great Raid might conjure up images of gung - ho war classics like The Great Escape, Hell and High Water, Merrill's Marauders, They Were Expendable, The Dirty Dozen, or The Guns of Navarowar classics like The Great Escape, Hell and High Water, Merrill's Marauders, They Were Expendable, The Dirty Dozen, or The Guns of Navarone.

A restless Navy officer (Henry Fonda, reprising his Broadway role) aboard a rust - bucket World War II cargo ship butts heads with his martinet captain (James Cagney) in this Best Picture nominee that garnered Jack Lemmon an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and marked the final film appearance of William Powell.

BEST ACTION PERFORMANCE · Chris Pratt — Jurassic World (Universal Pictures) · Dwayne Johnson — San Andreas (Warner Bros.) · Jennifer Lawrence — The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 (Lionsgate) · John Boyega — Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) · Ryan Reynolds — Deadpool (20th Century Fox) · Vin Diesel — Furious 7 (Universal Pictures)

A restless Navy officer (Henry Fonda, reprising his Broadway role) aboard a rust - bucket World War II cargo ship butts heads with his martinet captain (James Cagney) in this Best Picture nominee that garnered Jack Lemmon an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (more...) A restless Navy officer (Henry Fonda, reprising his Broadway role) aboard a rust - bucket World War II cargo ship butts heads with his martinet captain (James Cagney) in this Best Picture nominee that garnered Jack Lemmon an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and marked the final film appearance of William Powell.

MOVIE OF THE YEAR · Avengers: Age of Ultron (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) · Creed (Warner Bros.) · Deadpool (20th Century Fox) · Jurassic World (Universal Pictures) · Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) · Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)

A mother and wife to an alcoholic dockworker, Larsson (played by Maria Heiskanen) came to taking pictures by chance and continued out of passion and talent, snapping portraits of her neighbors and even making a small business when her husband (Mikael Persbrandt) was in jail or serving in World War II.

But also among the front - runners are Christopher Nolan's World War II summer blockbuster «Dunkirk,» and «Get Out,» which has grossed $ 254 million worldwide for Universal Pictures.

In 1947, a movie called «The Best Years of our Lives» won 7 Oscars, including best picture, for its harrowing portrayal of World War II veterans, who return home only to realize that their lives will never be the same again.

Even though the film was a complete mess, I quite liked World War Z, Paramount Pictures» zombie film starring Brad Pitt...